Several Russian envoys met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and discussed a constitutional committee, trade, as well as the ways to improve Syria's relations with neighbouring Arab countries, Russia's Foreign Ministry said.
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It's now up to Congress to decide what to do with special counsel Robert Mueller's findings about President Donald Trump.
While the special counsel declined to prosecute Trump on obstruction of justice, he did not exonerate him, all but leaving the (...)
Russia's foreign ministry on Friday dismissed the findings of the long-awaited report by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller and said it had failed to present any evidence of Russian meddling in U.S. elections, Russian news agencies (...)
The United States and Russia both said on Friday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Libya at this time, diplomats said, as mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of the Libyan capital, (...)
President of the Emirates Policy Centre (EPC), a leading Emirati think tank, Ebtessam Al-Ketbi was in Cairo this week to take part in the launch of a project at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on the future of the Middle East.
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The draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) put hosts Egypt in a relatively easy group. Egypt will face DR Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe in Group A. Nigeria is with Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi in Group B while Senegal, Algeria, Kenya and (...)
Before President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's latest visit to Washington, Egyptian opposition groups had placed their bets on a confrontational meeting between Al-Sisi and US President Donald Trump over issues of human rights and democracy in Egypt.
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The 12th round of the Astana meetings on the Syrian crisis is in the news this month, and the Turkish authorities have said that five more countries, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Germany and China, can participate in the talks scheduled for 25-26 April in (...)
An important event for Egypt's film community since it was established by documentary filmmaker Hashem Al-Nahhas in 1991 (initially as round 11 of a Cairo documentary festival that had been held in 1971-1980), the annual Ismailia International Film (...)
After a lengthy debate on Tuesday, Egypt's parliament — the House of Representatives — voted 531 to 22, with one abstention in favour of proposed amendments to Egypt's 2014 constitution.
A public referendum is expected next week. If the amendments (...)
President Nicolas Maduro is funneling cashflow from Venezuelan oil sales through Russian state energy giant Rosneft as he seeks to evade U.S. sanctions designed to oust him from power, according to sources and documents reviewed by Reuters.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on April 26 to discuss trade and efforts to contain North Korea's nuclear program, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Abe is one of Trump's closest (...)
After nearly two years of waiting, America will get some answers straight from Robert Mueller.
The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of the special counsel's report on Russian election interference and Donald (...)
After a lengthy debate on Tuesday, Egypt's parliament — the House of Representatives — voted 531 to 22, with one abstention in favour of proposed amendments to Egypt's 2014 constitution.
A public referendum is expected next week. If the amendments (...)
رحب نائب وزير التربية والتعليم لقطاع التعليم الفني، الدكتور محمد مجاهد، بمشاركة مصر في مبادرة "Mission: Skills" الجديدة التي كشفت عنها شركة روساتوم وشركاؤها WorldSkills Russia و BCG خلال منتدى أتوم اكسبوالحادي عشر بمدينة سوتشي. تعنى هذه المبادرة (...)
رحب نائب وزير التربية والتعليم لقطاع التعليم الفني، الدكتور محمد مجاهد، بمشاركة مصر في مبادرة "Mission: Talent" الجديدة التي كشفت عنها شركة روساتوم وشركاؤها WorldSkills Russia و BCG خلال منتدى أتوم اكسبو الحادي عشر بمدينة سوتشي. تعنى هذه المبادرة (...)
The U.N. Security Council is considering a British-drafted resolution that would demand a ceasefire in Libya and call on all countries with influence over the warring parties to ensure compliance.
Diplomats from the 15-member council are due to meet (...)
Syrians in government-controlled areas who have survived eight years of war now face a new scourge: widespread fuel shortages that have brought life to a halt in major cities.
Cars line up by the hundreds outside petrol stations, and long lines of (...)
Nations expressed solidarity with France after the fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral and offered their support for the recovery.
Monday's fire collapsed the spire and burned through the roof of the 12th-century building, sparking an outpouring of (...)
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said that emerging markets (EMs) have slightly witnessed the recovery of capital inflows in January after a long period of absence since February 2018.
In its quarterly report on monetary policy, the CBE said that the (...)
The deep chill in U.S.-Russian relations is stirring concern in some quarters that Washington and Moscow are in danger of stumbling into an armed confrontation that, by mistake or miscalculation, could lead to nuclear war.
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Egypt has restested a French wheat shipment that was rejected earlier for having high levels of the grain fungus ergot, and found to have acceptable levels, on Satuday.
According to Reuters, citing Othman Mohammad Younes, general manager of the (...)
Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Ezzeddin Abu Steit recently announced that an increase of 50 per cent would be allowed in the land allocated for rice cultivation this season. 1,074000 feddans will be cultivated with rice this year (...)
The upcoming announcement of the American plan to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, tensions in the US-Turkish relationship, Israeli elections, Washington's recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, ongoing US interest in (...)
Challenges facing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) extend beyond pressures against its budget.
Russia's military expansion outside its borders and into regions such as Crimea, Ukraine and Syria is causing the ire of NATO member (...)
